Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 11:41:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Marty Poulin <mpoulin@honk.org> To: Bruno Jose <bruno.jose@lci.dcc.uff.br> Cc: "'freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: freebsd and linux ? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000801113345.4579A-100000@spectre.honk.org> In-Reply-To: <61CFC7D49104D41184DB000021D41C0B0BA67F@lci-mx.lcc.uff.br>
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On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Bruno Jose wrote: > Hi,=20 >=20 >=20 > freebsd isn=B4t an linux? ok ?? No - FreeBSD is a "child" of BSD Unix (based on 4.4BSD-Lite code). Linux is a clone of Sys V Unix (Linux kernel was written entirely by Linus Torvalds) >=20 >=20 > Freebsd and Linux are compatible? Binaries or source? >=20 Yes - you can run Linux apps on FreeBSD, and many applications that are written for Linux are also written for FreeBSD. You can't run FreeBSD apps on Linux though. >=20 > Thank=B4s To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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